Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Phillips, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/22/7
Date: 6 April 1839
Description
Copy of a letter. Sends plans to construct barometer that he never built; invites John Philips to use the plans.
- Reference number
- HS/22/7
- Earliest possible date
- 6 April 1839
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Phillips, dated at Slough, 6 April 1839, HS/22/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_7/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-phillips-dated-at-slough, accessed on 12 November 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 22 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/22
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John Frederick William Herschel
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John Phillips
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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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